• carolina caetano is a european writer living in berlin

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    April 4, 2025
    There was a time, long long ago, when the depths of the Earth were filled with the most precious things one could have imagined. For thousands of years, animals, plants and people lived on the surface, mostly unaware of the beauty, the richness and he power buried under their feet, occasionally...
    Once upon a time there was a King who said to his court: "I like beautiful rings, and I' bought one of the most beautiful diamonds in the world, and I want to hide a message in the ring. The message should serve me in times of desperation and is to serve my successors. It must be a short...
    Anna flushed and washed her hands in the microscopic sink of the airplane toilet. She was eager to get back to her seat. Not only did she not find any pleasure in using an airplane toilet, the hosts had started serving the main meal. The hosts were just serving her row when she got out....
    February 28, 2025
    The scrunched up paper on her hand was moist from her nervous sweat. Rita unwrapped it. Wiritten in firm pencil lines, the address pulled at her. Calling her. Ever so loudly. She looked up from the paper note. Number twenty-three. Yes, this was it. Her heart beat in sync with the silent...
    February 28, 2025
    Sheila entered the taxi and instructed "Follow that car!". The middle aged driver looked in the direction of her extended finger. Confused, he looked back at her and traced an axis with his eyes from where she sat, rummaging her square dark green purse, to where she had pointed. They were in a...